US4767880A - Process for racemizing optically active alpha-phenoxypropionic acid and derivatives thereof - Google Patents

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US4767880A
US4767880A US07/066,570 US6657087A US4767880A US 4767880 A US4767880 A US 4767880A US 6657087 A US6657087 A US 6657087A US 4767880 A US4767880 A US 4767880A
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  • the invention thus relates to a process for racemization of optically active enantiomers, wherein the compound of the general formula I, ##STR1## in which
  • R 1 denotes an alkyl group, having up to 8 carbon atoms, which can in each case be substituted by hydroxyl, halogen, alkyl and/or nitro, or a cyclic alkyl group having up to 6 carbon atoms and
  • R 2 denotes hydrogen, hydroxyl or an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group or an oxygen-bound, heterocyclic ring system, in each case having up to 10 carbon atoms, and
  • R 3 and R 4 independently of one another, denote hydrogen or halogen
  • alkali metal (C 1 -C 5 ) alcoholate an alkali metal hydroquinone, an alkali metal phenolate and/or an alkali metal hydroxyphenoxypropionate or derivatives thereof which carry substituents on the aromatic ring.
  • the starting materials are the alkyl esters of ⁇ -phenoxypropionic acid and of the abovementioned derivatives thereof.
  • the alkyl ester groups R 1 can contain up to 8 carbon atoms, which may be substituted, or, as a cyclic alkyl group, they can contain up to 6 carbon atoms. Lower linear alkyl groups having up to 5 carbon atoms, in particular unbranched alkyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms are preferred.
  • the optically active ester is employed dissolved in a solvent.
  • a solvent Suitable for this are, for example, inert organic solvents in which the L- and D-esters are soluble.
  • Hydrocarbons such as alkanes having a chain length up to 10 carbon atoms, and toluene or xylene, dialkyl ethers having a chain length up to 6 carbon atoms such as, for example, di-isopropyl ether, methyl isobutyl ether, methyl isopropyl ether and tert.butyl methyl ether, and dialkyl ketones having a chain length up to 6 carbon atoms, such as, for example, methyl ethyl ketone and methyl isobutyl ketone, are preferably used.
  • Alcohols are furthermore preferred, the alcohol which corresponds to the chain length of the alkyl group R 1 of general formula I being employed in particular.
  • racemization is carried out by adding an alkali metal (C 1 -C 5 ) alcoholate, preferably an alkali metal (C 2 -C 4 ) alcoholate, an alkali metal hydroquinone, an alkali metal phenolate or an alkali metal hydroxyphenoxypropionate.
  • Derivatives of the aromatic compounds mentioned can also be used, in particular those which carry, on the aromatic ring, up to two additional substituents which, independently of one another, are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl and alkoxy.
  • the reagents are employed in concentrations of 1 to 10 mole percent, preferably 3 to 8 mole percent. If ⁇ -phenoxypropionic esters, or derivatives thereof with alkali metal (C 1 -C 5 ) alcoholates, are racemized, more than 1.0 mole of base per mole of ester must be employed. Using the other reagents mentioned, catalytic amounts are required. The reaction mixture is heated to 100 to 200° C. and incubated for 30 minutes to 8 hours, preferably 2 to 4 hours.
  • the racemization is carried out using alkali metal (C 1 C 5 ) alcoholate, the acid is obtained essentially quantitatively as the final product in an alkaline medium, or as the ester in an acidic medium.
  • the final products are separated off from the reaction mixture by methods which are known per se, by acidification and extraction with a relatively nonpolar solvent, such as, for example, diethyl ether, in the case of the acid, or, for example, by distillation in the case of the ester.
  • a relatively nonpolar solvent such as, for example, diethyl ether
  • Example 3 An analogous procedure to Example 3 was carried out, with addition of 100 mg of sodium phenolate. After working up, 2.5 g of racemic ethyl D,L-2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propionate were obtained.

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US4946997A (en) * 1989-06-07 1990-08-07 Merck & Co., Inc. Racemization of a carboxylic acid
US5221765A (en) * 1992-01-24 1993-06-22 Ethyl Corporation Racemization process for an optically active carboxylic acid or ester thereof
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